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Super Micro Contractor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Exporting AI Servers to China

Super Micro Contractor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Exporting AI Servers to China

The Indian Express2h
THE BRIEF
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Ting-Wei Sun pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court on Thursday to four counts involving conspiracies to violate export controls and smuggle AI servers to China.

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Prosecutors previously charged Sun and co-defendants with conspiring to divert about $2.5 billion worth of advanced U.S. AI technology, including restricted Nvidia GPUs.

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Super Micro stated the company was not named as a defendant in the indictment and confirmed it terminated Sun and cut ties with other defendants earlier this year.